SENATE MEETING MINUTES

31^st LEGISLATURE

APRIL 29, 2008

I.            Call to Order

            Roll Call

II.            Approval of Agenda

A.   President Brady reviews the House rules, emphasizing that each person can talk twice and 5 minutes per issue.  These rules will be enforced.

B.    President Brady motions to approve the minutes.  Senator Dann so moved.

C.    President Brady motions to approve the agenda.  AVP Jueckstock so moved.

III.            President Brady Report:

A.   This past weekend we went to Student Assembly. There are some significant and controversial events that will be occurring in SUNY. One is with the new Governor Patterson the higher education says its budget has been decreased by 3.5% which is roughly $50 million dollars. The state capped university spending so that if a school makes $150 million but the cap is at $100 million, the $50 million will go back to the state instead of SUNY. There is a new Chair for the Board of Trustees, and hopefully a new Chancellor will be elected by fall. The student loan crisis was discussed, and banks backing student loans are stopping, which could impact enrollment. The transfer situation was discussed to make transferring between SUNY schools easier for students. The last issue is the SUNY compact which was presented for the SUNY proposition for tuition increase. The solution is that the increase will be per semester which is roughly $110 a semester. If it goes through the State they will agree to cover the increase inflation costs, while student life covers the tuition increase. Financial Aid does not cover the increases. The campus would also have to report to the student body to show where the improvements were made on campus every year. The outlook is its going to have to happen due to the economy. Senator Cawthon asks where is the 3.5% reduction is it going to TAP or other assisted programs. President Brady states that the 3.5% is not TAP it is in the SUNY budget altogether. Governor Patterson has to fix the gaps in the SUNY budget.

IV.            Rules & Regulations Greco Report:

A.    The Rules Committee would like to motion to re-recognize Wilderness Adventures as a USG organization. President Brady asks if there is a representative from Wilderness Adventure if so please state your name and why you should be re-recognized. Alex Grimes and I am the Treasurer for Wilderness Adventures. I believe we should be re-recognized because we give students the chance to get out of the city and relax. President Brady opens the floor for questions or debate. Senator Pro Tem Nunez asks what events have you done this semester? Alex states camping trips, kayaking, white water rafting, rock climbing and skiing. Senator Cawthon states there are three organizations that deal with the environment, and I know you do things with the environment how do you work with the other organizations in that category? Alex states that our organization is more of an activity where we go out and experience the environment. Senator Dann asks what their plans are for next semester. Alex states I would like to expand membership. Senator Rosie states that Wilderness is a great organization and they do a lot all the time, I would re-recognize them. Senator Cawthon states that he really doesn’t want to be the bad guy, but it really troubled me, that you focus on the environment, I guess my comment is you should work with these organizations if you haven’t already because there is strength in numbers. Student At Large Johnson states that Wilderness is a great organization; we all know that, they are very active and re-recognition shouldn’t be an issue. President Brady asks if there is any more debate, seeing there is none we will move into vote. Vote is taken to re-recognize Wilderness Adventures and passes 23 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.

V.            EVP Perez Report:

A.   I would like to thank everyone who came out to the banquet. Dr. Payne told me it was one of the best banquets he went to.

B.    The Poker Tournament had about 25 players and we gave away both prizes. We had a very good turn out.

VI.            Senator Pro Tem Nunez Report:

A.   On Saturday Rules Chair Greco and I went to the Gala and it was very nice indeed.

B.    Today was the last Food Service meeting. We went to go see what the new residential area looks like, and they told us where all the stations would be and it looks really nice. There will be a big salad bar and many more options for students to enjoy. We discussed the new meal plans, they have changed so get familiar with them and fill them out. The Union will be open until 2 am starting next year. Sodexo is considering keeping some stations open later if the demand is there, but they’re not sure which. The schedule for the fall isn’t ready, but Jazzmans and Sub Connections will be open later. They want to know what times the new resident dining area would be open. They also want to know what you think about Jump, if they were to replace it what would you want to see. Some of their goals for next year are Manager Promotions, Sodexo updates like UPD updates, and focus groups to see what students want in the new dining area. Surveys will also go out and the staff will be retrained over the summer to address the complaints on attitudes. They also want to hold a panel interview for supervisors to see how they interact with students. I feel we had a successful semester in addressing student complaints and dining services doing their best to address them. President Brady thanks Senator Pro Tem Nunez and EVP Perez for doing a great job at facilitating the Food Service Committee, they did a great job. Also, is the south side of the Union renovation on time? Senator Pro Tem Nunez states yes, construction is going as scheduled. Senator Cawthon states that Senator Pro Tem Nunez and EVP Perez have done a great job in getting students to meetings. In regards to the workers, I’ve heard that workers have issues as well so what plans do you have to bring the voice of the workers to the Managers and Supervisors of Sodexo. We should address those concerns, since some workers are students. Dr Ecklund states that the employees of Sodexo are unionized so their concerns are better place with their union representatives.

VII.            Standing Committee Reports

A.   AVP Jueckstock Communications Report:
-  Senior week is going on and I just want to remind that Thursday is Movie Night if it rains the location will be the Houston Gym. We have publications to let people know but word of mouth is best, also we will be raffling off graduation tickets that night. Friday night is the Carnival we hope a lot of the Senator’s will come out and represent USG. BSC students get to ride the rides for free. The flying cars ride will be in the L lot, let people know not to park there other wise they will be towed.
-  Spring Fest is going very well, we sold 2100 tickets and is almost sold out. We are doing some public relations and make sure students get there early because the line will be crazy. Doors open at 6:30 pm let people know to get there early and no cameras, recording devices, or bags will be allowed. We will be telling them but we want them to know ahead of time. President Brady states that she has a correction there have been 2860 tickets sold which means we only have 140 tickets left.
-  Sunday is the pancake breakfast which a lot of you know of, we will be helping by doing fun pictures. People can come and get their pictures taken on the spot, so I need volunteers. If you can’t stay the whole time I understand and I don’t expect you to stay the whole time because of finals. If for some reason you can’t make it please let me know. Senator Alinur asks if Movie Night is for Senior’s only and are phones with cameras allowed? AVP Jueckstock states anyone can go to any of the senior week events, and yes, phones will be allowed. Student At Large Freeburg asks what time does the movie start. AVP Jueckstock states 8 pm. Student At Large Shaver asks what kind of help will you need on Saturday. AVP Jueckstock states if you can help make sure you see me or Treasurer Gabriel we have an extensive list of help but if we sell out we will need all the help. We will call you and let you know what we need. Senator Stone asks if the extra security concerns with Fabolous been addressed? Will you have more because his concerts were canceled at other campuses? AVP Jueckstock states we have extra UPD and UPSA with metal detectors, personally after the meeting today, I don’t think its going to be too much of an issue. We have lists of who can go where and we are strict with access. Senator Lane asks if the concert is open to the general public. I don’t think the community is aware. AVP Jueckstock states the public already knows we have had radio announcements. Senator Manz asks do we know how many students bought tickets. AVP Jueckstock states that about 75% of the tickets purchased were by students. Senator Cawthon asks in regards to Senator Lane’s question, have we put out fliers. I would volunteer to help put fliers up in the general area, also for my info, did we also advertise for Mos Def? AVP Jueckstock states yes, with the community fliers we did campus raids of other campuses and the surrounding area. The focus was Buffalo State Students. They do have buses coming from other campuses. We made the Mos Def fliers. I also wanted to thank everyone for their hard work with PR this year, it is greatly appreciated. 

B.  AVP Hassan Community Affairs Report:
      -  I would like to thank everyone for a great semester and enjoy your summer.

VIII.            Treasurer Gabriel Report:

A.   We will pick up where we left off with the long list of questions that were submitted. Senator  Dobney Parliamentary Inquiry. I know that you received a lot of questions from people, but can we go through the budget step by step as opposed to jumping around in the budget. Treasurer Gabriel states we will not be jumping around what I plan on doing is answering the questions that I received and some questions that other Senator’s might have. President Brady recommends that Treasurer Gabriel finish with the questions and discuss each question.

Treasurer Gabriel states CRAGG received funding for their 2005-2006 year but did not receive funding this past year. Fashion Student Association (FSA) is a Student Life organization, and they have been experiencing some problems with their organization. Right now they have roughly $2500 left with the last day of processing being May 9^th, this is why they are only getting $1000. I have the financial reports for your viewing if you want to look them over. I met with the organization and they didn’t ask for a hearing they said they are ok with this. PASO received more than they requested because they did not put down accurate figures. I have the budget where they did request funding, as you can see there are a number of mistakes made but it was turned in on time regardless. NSBE received the same amount when they requested more ($2700). Their E-Board came to me prior to the hearings and spoke to me personally. They signed up for a budget hearing to explain to me what happened and they were re-instated to what they had for 07-08. Best Buddies has not been organized, what they would do is request funding and never use it, write all the forms, and then not do their program. I guess their Treasurer left and they stopped doing things.  Commuter Council was cut because they have not been doing the amount of programming that their budget allows them to do. Other E-Board members also expressed a desire to cut them. NTSO also has a $5000 line for Homecoming but did not participate, they have a tremendous amount of money left and are lacking in programming. Evergreen cannot receive a budget because of their recognition date. They were recognized by October 30^th so they can receive funding. Senator Manz states NTSO has a $5000 Homecoming line? You said this semester they didn’t use it; can this money be used for anything else? Treasurer Gabriel states they did not use it so that is why they have so much money left. President Brady recognizes Lynn Korn (Program Coordinator).  Lynn states the line says Homecoming/Campus Activity.  Since they didn’t use the money for Homecoming they were able to use it for on campus activities. They did supply funding for the senior dinner. Senator O'Grady states it doesn’t seem right to me that the Budget Committee saw it fit to reallocate the funding for two groups but not the third. I understand that they were late, but after these hearings the funding was changed for NSBE and PASO. I don’t understand how you saw it fit to do it for these groups but not for CRAGG that requested a similar amount of money. Treasurer Gabriel states the difference between NSBE and PASO was adjusting their budget as other organizations did. CRAGG was applying for a budget, had I not put the information in their mailbox on what they were receiving, they would have never applied for a budget. They tried to submit their budget two months later on a piece of scrap paper with no justification for their lateness. They more less told me they weren’t sure if their organization would be coming back next year. Senator Stone states he knows we voted on Evergreen, but I don’t think they filed the proper paperwork until after they were recognized. Rules Chair Greco states we did not get paperwork from Evergreen until February 18th. Senator Manz asks if there was an exception for them as well. Rules Chair Greco states I suppose so. Treasurer Gabriel states that the rules say if you are voted on by the senate by a certain date, I’m not sure about paperwork or the date. Student At Large Shaver asks how Commuter Council can do programming without money, and who makes these cuts? Treasurer Gabriel states the Budget Committee makes this decision not me. Commuter Council did little to no programming. Senator Hirsch states that he voted against these cuts because they were too drastic. I would have to refer this to my fellow committee members. President Brady states that you can not refer to things like that. EVP Perez states that he feels like all the questions have been thoroughly answered at this time of the investigation. 

FSA asked me to help them run their elections they weren’t sure how to do this.  I spoke with CRAGG and told them to show up at last week’s meeting and this week’s Senate meeting and they haven’t.  Senator Desimone states that her question is about Best Buddies. If someone requests their own budget cut, isn’t it logical to cut their budget by what they request instead of cutting it more? Same for NTSO. Treasurer Gabriel states that this was discussed already, and if you have any other detailed questions I will answer them. Best Buddies did request less, but like I explained they are somewhat lacking within. They would not follow through with programming, I asked their Treasurer what was going on with the organization and she didn’t know much at all. She often disregarded Purchase Orders and programs, and then she quit. I don’t know what happened. NTSO did not meet their income line or do any programming to justify what they requested. They did not use any money for the fall semester at all. Senator Yazicilar states that she was one of the people that motioned to cut NTSO. Last semester I was their liaison and they weren’t approachable they had no E-Board and they haven’t done any programming, EVP Perez makes a motion to end the debate on these questions. EVP Perez states that his name is on the list of questions and if you had questions you should have brought them up to Treasurer Gabriel. You had time to review the budget and bring her your questions. President Brady states there is a motion on the table to end the debate on the questions. Senator Lane 2^nd.

President Brady recognizes Senator Manz. Senator Manz states it’s good that we need to get to the budget, but these questions will come up later. Senator O'Grady states that he agrees with EVP Perez, my name is also on the list of questions that have been answered. I would like to call to question. EVP Perez 2^nd. President Brady states we will vote to end the debate.  Vote is taken and does not pass 12 yeas, 7 nays and 3 abstentions. President Brady recognizes Senator Lane. Senator Lane states that it is crucial that we need to move into vote, and we need to accomplish this so that organizations can plan for the year. AVP Jueckstock asks are we just ending discussion on the questions on the sheet or the whole budget. President Brady states on just ending the discussion on the questions on the sheet. AVP Jueckstock call to previous question. Senator O’Grady 2^nd.  President Brady states we will vote on AVP Jueckstock call to question and passes 24 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. President Brady states we will now vote on EVP Perez’s motions to end the debate on the sheet of questions. Vote is taken and passes 21 yeas, 1 nay and 1 abstention.

Treasurer Gabriel states first we will vote on the first piece which is the Administrative and Internal budget, then on to the separate boards. I would like to motion to vote on the Administrative and Internal budgets. Senator O’Grady 2^nd.  Floor is open for discussion. Senator Manz asks what the purpose is of the professional staff payroll line, the Budget Committee only gave them $2.00 what is the purpose of that. President Brady recognizes Mary Kirkwood (Business Manager). Mary states that the lines were all broken down, if you look at last years budget, everyone’s lines were broken down Administration, Dental Clinic and Press Services. If you had questions on this you were suppose to come to the Business office within the last two weeks and no one did. The Budget Committee combined the seven professional employees and merged them into one line and the dollar amount was sealed. Senator Manz states he understands now. Senator O'Grady states we've had two weeks to ask these questions which could have been asked in the past fourteen days, so I am going to call to previous question. Senator Alinur 2^nd.  President Brady states we will vote on the motion brought forth by Treasurer Gabriel and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions. EVP Perez motions to limit debate on this section to 9:30 pm. Senator O’Grady 2^nd.  President Brady states we will vote to limit the debate until 9:30 and does not pass 9 yeas, 12 nays and 4 abstentions.

Senator Dobney states that we were told that the questions on the paper would be answered first and then we could ask our questions. It’s come to my attention that a lot of small organizations do Relaxation Day already. I would like to make a motion to cut the $4000 from Relaxation Day and move it to the Daycare. I would like to do this because we asked them to do something and they did it. They asked for money and we gave them nothing. President Brady states the motion is to reallocate the $4000 from Relaxation Day to the contracted service BSC Child Care Center. Senator Manz 2^nd.  Senator Hirsch point of information, what page is the Day Care Center on.  Floor is open for debate. EVP Perez states that I think it’s safe to say from past experiences that we can’t rely on our organizations to do something in our place. They say they are going to do something and they don’t. I would strongly recommend that the Senate votes no to this motion because the reward for the Day Care is that they get to keep their current budget after we threaten to cut it by so much. The deal with the Day Care was if they didn’t meet the demands we would cut their budget if they met them demands we wouldn’t cut it. Senator Manz states that he is in favor of this motion because if we give the organizations lines in their budget for Relaxation Day and they don’t use them then why are we giving them those lines. I do a internship at the Day Care and they do a lot of work there. Senator Hirsch states that he is a education major, and was on the Budget Committee last year.  The reasons we had stipulations on the Day Care was to make sure they provided quality service to undergrad students. Rules Chair Greco states that he understands we give organizations money for Relaxation Day, but look at Homecoming. This line is also provided for organizations and they do well. USG and the government body need to have a presence at both of these events. Homecoming is a lot more important than Relaxation Day and a lot of fun. I would like to make an amendment that instead of allocating $4000 to the Day Care we allocate $4000 to the Student Assembly line. This year a lot of students showed interest in going to Student Assembly. President Brady states there is a amendment on the floor to move $4000 from Relaxation Day to the Day Care Center and not to Student Assembly.  EVP Perez 2^nd. 

President Brady opens the floor for debate. Senator Lane asks are we taking money away from the Day Care? I walked in late. President Brady explains that the Day Care keeps what it has, this is reallocating the Relaxation Day line to the Student Assembly line. Senator Yazicilar states that she is concerned; I understand you want to take $4000 away from Relaxation Day, but how many students will an allocation of $4000 dollars for Student Assembly really affect? I would like to see this in Academic Assembly or in the Academic infrastructure because we are here for Academics. Treasurer Gabriel states in regards to Relaxation Day, this program is typically done by the AVP of Academic Affairs on study day, it is for students, before exams. Senator O'Grady says he doesn’t really see the value in either idea. I don’t see the value in putting $4000 into a trip for a few select individuals. As for the Day Care, I’m ambivalent about that as well, they are receiving the same budget not a cut. Senator Manz asks how many Senators would be affected by moving the money to Student Assembly, compared to moving it to the Day Care. AVP Jueckstock states that she is a USG Representative on the Day Care Center Board of Directors. In the fall semester, 43 children were from undergrads which is about 57%, in the spring that went up to 47. They did follow all but one demand. They failed to meet the number of undergrads requested in the Day Care. The Day Care also supports a lot of student volunteers and workers. I’m sure Senator Manz would speak on behalf in regards to that. Senator Rosie called to question.  Senator Manz 2^nd.  President Brady states we will vote on the amendment for the $4000 from Relaxation Day to the Day Care to Student Assembly. Vote is taken and does not pass 2 yeas, 22 nays and 1 abstention.

President Brady states we go back to the original motion from Senator Dobney to move $4000 from Relaxation Day to the Day Care. Floor is open for discussion.  EVP Perez states that one year of minor improvement does not justify $4000. Senator Dobney states if next year the Senate decides to do something towards Relaxation Day they can just pull it out of Special Events but right now I want to call to previous question. Senator Kennedy 2^nd.  President Brady states we will now vote on call to question to whether or not we want to move $4000 from the Relaxation Day line into the Day Care line.  Vote is taken and passes 17 yeas, 5 nays and 3 abstentions.  President Brady states we will now vote to move $4000 from Relaxation Day to Day Care and does not pass 9 yeas, 13 nays and 3 abstentions.

President Brady states we will now continue the debate on the budget. Rules Chair Greco asks if the changes we made last week are included in this vote. Treasurer Gabriel states yes. Senator Stone motions to move $5000 from the Speaker Series line and move it to the Fitness Center line. Senator O'Grady point of information, it is 9:50 and we are on page 1 of the budget, what happens if the budget is not approved? President Brady states I could call a mandatory meeting, and if we don’t have quorum we will have no budget for next year, which would obviously cause a huge delay. Senator O'Grady asks if we don’t finish this before 11, what happens to Student Bill #2? President Brady states if it is necessary we will have an emergency meeting. President Brady states floor is open for debate on the motion from Senator Stone. Senator Kennedy call to question. Senator O’Grady 2^nd.  President Brady states we vote on call to question.  Vote is taken and passes 24 yeas, 0 nays and 1 abstention.  President Brady states we will vote on Senator Stones motion to move $5000 from the Speaker Series into the Fitness Center line.  Vote is taken and does not pass 9 yeas, 16 nays and 0 abstentions. Treasurer Gabriel states that the Fitness Center was allocated $25,000? President Brady states it is true. Senator O'Grady point of information so are we back to discussing the previous motion of the first two things.  President Brady states yes.  Senator O’Grady call to previous question.  Senator Alinur 2^nd.  President Brady states we are call to previous question whether we are ready to vote on page one and two of the budget. Vote is taken and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.  President Brady states we will now vote to approve the first 2 pages of the 2008-2009 budget. Vote is taken and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.  Treasurer Gabriel motions to approve Academic Affairs. President Brady states floor is open for debate.  Senator Lane call to previous question. Senator Kennedy 2^nd.  President Brady states we will vote on previous questions and does not pass 15 yeas, 6 nays and 4 abstentions.

Senator Manz states that he just has a comment, to rush through this and call to question each time is irresponsible and as Senators, we should look into issues we have concerns with. I would like to know why the Physics Club requested $200 for Professional Development and got $300. I would like to motion to move $100 out of Professional Development and move it down to the Special Events line where they actually asked for more money. Senator O’Grady 2^nd.  Senator Kennedy point of information, if its not asterisked, then they can move it on their own? Senator Manz point of information wouldn’t it be easier for their Treasurer next year to fix this now? Senator Hirsch called to previous question.  Senator Manz 2^nd.  President Brady states we will vote to on the call to question.  Vote is taken and passes 25 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.  President Brady states we will vote on Senator Manz motion to move $100 out of the Physics Club Professional line and move it to their Special Events line.  Vote is taken and passes 12 yeas, 8 nays and 5 abstentions.  Senator Hirsch states that we all had two weeks to look at the budget, so I’m going to previous question on Academic Affairs. President Brady states we will vote on previous question.  Vote is taken and passes 24 yeas, 0 nays and 1 abstention.  EVP Perez states Division of the House for Academic Affairs.  President Brady states we will do this by Roll Call. Senator Manz asks what exactly Division of the House is. Rules Chair Greco states Division of the House is to select another form of voting. (Motion to accept Academic Affairs by Roll Call)  President Brady takes Roll Call vote and it carries. 

Treasurer Gabriel makes a motion to accept the Communications budget, pages 8-10. President Brady states floor is open for debate.  Senator Stone point of information shouldn’t we be voting on any increases over 10% individually? We haven’t been doing that? Senator O'Grady asks would this invalidate previous votes if we did not do this. Senator Hirsch asks didn’t we vote on it through voting on the whole Academic Affair budget? They would have already gotten a yes vote. Rules Chair Greco states it does need to pass by 2/3rds, and Academics did pass by this, we will make sure to make a note of it in the past. Treasurer Gabriel states only Silver Screen is receiving over 10% in communications. I withdraw my motion of approving Communications, and I motion to approve the 10% increase of Silver Screen. The justification is that they show various movies, and the price to gain the rights is roughly $600-$700 and with their current budget they struggle to meet that. The increase is meant to help with the purchasing rights. AVP Jueckstock states that she has a question for Rules Chair Greco. I know that Silver Screen was up for re-recognition, with this being the last meeting and they haven’t been re-recognized, if they aren’t re-recognized does all the money go back in the budget. Senator Manz call to question. Senator Kennedy 2^nd.   President Brady states we will vote to call of question. Vote is taken and passes 23 yeas, 1 nay and 0 abstentions.  President Brady states we will vote to approve Silver Screen budget and passes 23 yeas, 1 nay and 0 abstentions. 

Treasurer Gabriel makes a motion to approve Communications Board as a whole. President Brady states floor is open for debate. EVP Perez makes a motion to cut HIPERCs budget and reallocate it to IPA. AVP Jueckstock 2^nd. Senator O'Grady point of information was IPA first recognized this year? Treasurer Gabriel states yes.  Senator O’Grady ask does it not say that the first year organizations can only get $2500? Treasurer Gabriel states you are correct, so what we would do is max it up to the $2500 and then the rest would be from the USG budget.  EVP Perez point of information were they not re-recognized because they have been around for a couple of years. Rules Chair Greco states they were recognized. President Brady states that she will call the original motion out of order, could you restate the motion? EVP Perez motions to cut HIPERCs budget $375 and move it to IPA’s Special Events line. Treasurer Gabriel 2^nd. EVP Perez motions to take the remaining $2125 and move it into the Capital line of WBNY. Senator Cawthon 2^nd. President Brady states floor is open for debate. Senator Lane states that she opposes this.  I’ve been to the HIPERC office in Bishop Hall and I think they should keep their entire budget. AVP Jueckstock states their office is not in Bishop Hall their office is in the Science building. All of you know I am very close with my organizations, I am 100% in favor of this motion, and every thing you have heard is true. Their President is their work study and complains to me, the department uses all of the money and they don’t even have a Executive Board right now. I can’t believe this has been going on as long as it has. Their Advisor doesn’t help them unless he needs me. The Business office knows him, and he tries to get money back without the proper process. IPA deserves the money, they are getting an email system set up for USG and our organizations, they also run all the web pages. As for WBNY, you obviously see what they do for us and they absolutely deserve it. Senator Hirsch states that he is in favor of the motion, call to previous question. Senator Manz 2^nd. President Brady states vote will be taken to previous question.  Vote is taken and passes 20 yeas, 3 nays and 0 abstentions. President Brady states we will vote to cut HIPERC $375 and move it to IPA Special Events line and the remaining $2125 will move to WBNY’s Capital line. Vote is taken and passes 18 yeas, 2 nays and 3 abstentions.  Treasurer Gabriel call to previous question. AVP Jueckstock 2^nd. President Brady states we will vote on call to previous question. Vote is taken and passes 20 yeas, 3 nays and 0 abstentions. President Brady states we will vote on the motion to approve the Communication budget. EVP Perez calls Division of the House, Roll Call. Vote is taken  and passes 21 yeas, 2 nays and 0 abstentions.

Treasurer Gabriel makes a motion to vote on the 5 organizations that received more than a 10% increase in Student Life. They are ISO, PASO, STEP, Students for Peace, and Student Political Society. Senator O'Grady point of information I have an Amendment to the motion, to vote on them individually. President Brady states because of the time I will have to deny the Amendment. Treasurer Gabriel call to question. Senator Alinur 2^nd. President Brady states we will vote on the call to question.  Vote is taken and passes 18 yeas, 4 nays and 2 abstentions.  President Brady states we will vote on the approval of the 10% increase for ISO, PASO, STEP, Students for Peace and Student Political Society. Vote is taken and passes 18 yeas, 4 nays and 2 abstentions.  Treasurer Gabriel makes a motion to accept the Student Life budget. President Brady states floor is open for debate. Senator Manz makes a motion to the Jewish Student Organization to remove $75 from their Homecoming line and move it to their Promotional Clothing line. Senator Alinur 2^nd.  President Brady states floor is open for debate. President Brady states there is no debate we will move into vote.  Vote is taken and passes 18 yeas, 5 nays and 1 abstention. President Brady states there is a motion on the floor to accept the Student Life budget there is no debate.  President Brady states we will vote to approve the Student Life budget.  EVP Perez states Division of the House, Roll Call. Vote is taken and passes 24 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.

Treasurer Gabriel motions to approve 3 organizations who received more than 10% as a block. These organizations are Pride, SIM, Women’s Rugby. President Brady states floor is open for debate.  President Brady states seeing there is no debate we will move into vote. Vote is taken and passes 22 yeas, 1 nay and 1 abstention. Treasurer Gabriel makes a motion to vote on the Community Affairs budget.  President Brady states floor is open for debate. Student at Large Freeburg makes a motion to move Commuter Councils water line of $125 to their Commuter Days line, since they did not ask for water allocation. Senator Manz 2^nd. Treasurer Gabriel states that they did request the water line in a budget hearing. Student at Large Freeburg would like to remove her motion. President Brady asks if there is any opposition to remove this motion. Floor is open for discussion.  Senator Manz states that he doesn’t agree because there are water fountains available on campus why would they pay $25 for water. Treasurer Gabriel states they have a water dispenser and the money is for the water jugs in their offices. Senator Manz states unless they rent it, can’t they give it back? Cups aren’t expensive and they could make better use of the funds. President Brady asks if there are any more questions, seeing there is none we will move into vote. Vote is taken on Student at Large Freeburg motion and does not pass10 yeas, 1 nays and 3 abstentions. President Brady states there is a motion on the table to approve the Community Affairs budget. Floor is open for questions. Senator Dobney makes a motion to move Commuter Councils $125 water line and NTSO’s coffee line of $300 dollars to the Silver Screen line of Special Events. EVP Perez point of order, we already voted on the Student Life budget. If Senator Dobney voted yes to this it is a illegal motion. President Brady states this motion is illegal, she did vote yes. Senator Yazicilar call to previous question. President Brady states there is a call to previous question, which means we will be voting on the Community Affairs budget. Senator Manz calls Divisions of the House, Roll Call. Vote is take to approve the Community Affairs budget and passes 14 yeas, 8 nays and 2 abstentions.

Treasurer Gabriel motions to vote on Contracted Services. President Brady states floor is open for debate. Senator Manz asks since I voted no on accepting Community Affairs, could I move money from there? EVP Perez states you have to recall the vote. President Brady states you have to convince the body. Senator Manz states if we are going to supply $300 dollars of coffee to an organization where we have a Java U and a Jazzmans. I find it a little ridiculous I want to move the $300 from the coffee line in NTSO’s budget to the Day Care. AVP Jueckstock states that she agrees with this, and I would like to recommend that he also take the water and $50 dollars from supplies since they share an office with Commuter Council.  Senator O'Grady point of information the topic of discussion is Contracted Services, correct. President Brady states correct. Senator O'Grady asks wasn’t NFTA being moved to the college? President Brady states that since it’s a large amount of money it would have to go through the Senate a couple of times. So this is going to have to be worked on in the fall which means we have at least another year of NFTA. Senator O’Grady motion to call to previous question.  President Brady states there is a motion to approve Contracted Services.  Senator Kennedy 2^nd.  Vote is taken to approve Contracted Services and passes 14 yeas, 6 nays and 4 abstentions.

President Brady states we will now vote on call to previous question and passes 12 yeas, 8 nays and 4 abstentions. Senator Hirsch call to previous question.  Senator Kennedy 2^nd. President Brady states we will vote on call to previous question and passes 12 yeas, 10 nays and 2 abstentions.  President Brady states floor is open for debate for Contracted Services and NFTA. 

Senator Manz motions to reconsider the vote to take $300 from NTSO’s coffee line, $125 from the water line and the $50 from the supplies line and put it to the Day Care.  EVP Perez states the motion is illegal you have to vote to reconsider on the entire board. Then you can move the lines inside of that.  President Brady states there is motion to reconsider Community Affairs and unlock it. AVP Jueckstock 2^nd.  Vote does not pass 12 yeas, 10 nays and 2 abstentions because we needed to have 14.  President Brady states we are back to previous motion on Contracted Service.  Floor is open for debate and there is none. President Brady states vote will be take by Division of the House, Roll Call. Vote is taken and passes 24 yeas, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.  EVP Perez motions to adjourn.  President Brady states there is a possibility that we will have to call a meeting next week to discuss Student Bill #2.

IX.            2^nd Roll Call

X.            Meeting adjourned